Investment Priorities,(Fitzpatricks Associates, Consultants, Doehlg and Forfás, 2004), and complements the NCC report: Our Cities:
Much of this has been addressed by a recent Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) report
Realising Potential The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs in its commentary on IFS noted that
18 Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (December 2007) The Future Skills and Research Needs of the International Financial services Industry 19 Enterprise Ireland (2009) Best
sectoral experts and entrepreneurs for on the spot brainstorming and knowledge sharing on successful commercialisation strategies. The intention is for Ideagen to spark new ideas for new businesses and joint ventures with high-growth potential in an open environment.
A very close relationship is maintained with these clients by the Development Advisers and an intensive round of new meetings started in September.
Active liaison with outplacement consultants (working with employees on site) commenced in Mid september to identify potential start-up projects
between WIT and Aberystwyth University and between leading experts and network participants. The project is being undertaken by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Regional Economy (CEDRE), School of business, WIT in partnership with the School of management and Business, Aberystwyth University, Wales.
EI actively liaised with the outplacement consultants that were working with employees on site from Mid-september to identify potential start-up projects.
and researchers in the School of engineering have links with WRH orthopaedic consultants examining materials for biomedical applications. 68 In collaboration with Teagasc,
A very close relationship is maintained with these clients by the Development Advisers and an intensive round of new meetings started week commencing 19th september In addition,
Active liaison with outplacement consultants (working with employees on site) commenced on 15 september to identify potential start-up projects
The presentations by experts from a range of fields illustrate the potential to unleash innovation to address social challenges through new entrepreneurial and policy experiments.
A first CSTP Expert Workshop on Fostering Innovation to Address Social Challenges was held at the OECD in Paris on 25-26 may 2009.
limited to delegates and experts with relevant professional experience and/or academic expertise, a second larger Workshop was held at the OECD in Paris on 9-10 november 2009 to go deeper into the policy challenges
and the reinforcement of international networks of policy makers and experts in this field. Some eleven organisations from six countries signed the Charter of its establishment and agreed on a definition of social innovation
The FSI stakeholders, through a consultative process with international experts carrying out field analysis in several countries to identify its main features,
and involve peer-to-peer learning rather than lectures from experts. Parents must feel that they are in charge of their lives, must experience some quick successes at home,
and involve peer-to-peer learning rather than lectures from experts. Parents must feel that they are in charge of their lives
This is delivered by NESTA's Public service Innovation Lab a team of innovation experts working with partners to test
external experts and practitioners to have a breakthrough toward social system reform. The Task force for regional utilization of distributed power supply targets dissemination of micro hydro power and other distributed power.
and not to be accessible for non-experts. As one of strategies to diffuse widely micro hydro power system,
the Area management team also makes efforts to extend the cooperation network to external experts and practitioners.
and counterclaims from scientists and experts on a whole range of issues. As Giddens (1990) points out in these circumstances,
the boundary between experts and the wider public has become blurred whenever one speaks of users and producers of knowledge (Nowotny, 1999).
Increasingly, the interaction between experts and public is considered an important precondition for technological and social innovations to occur.
For policymakers, experts and leaders, this makes social innovation particularly messy and uncontrollable and can therefore, be difficult to accept.
and experts are faced with a dilemma. Whilst on the one hand, engagement and collaboration may for them mean a loss of control, on the other hand,
selected at random, who are invited to act as consultants, having been granted leave from their place of work,
Experts and lobbyists have the opportunity to present their positions, but, like juries, discussions involve only the participating citizens.
provision of contentious information by experts;(good) small working groups of changing composition; publication of results in a citizens'report.
personally invited stakeholders and experts, or sometimes selected participants, meet in the run up to the conference over two weekends
and to formulate questions to be addressed to experts; implementation: questions and discussion with experts; conclusion:
preparation and public presentation of a concluding document. Example: Streitfall Gen-Diagnostik The case of genetic diagnosis German Museum of Hygiene, Dresden:
the American organization consultant Harrison Owen, developed it as a by-product of an international conference he had organized.
These candidates are joined then by a team of experts, forming a group that can be joined freely by other participants,
while the experts may add suggestions or comments. The moderators then prepare a vision paper based on this material
''The benchmark scenarios were compiled by individual experts or subgroups of experts, during the Genoa workshop.
An example (only one among several) for the mean importance of the Congestion Charging ICT on the KPIS is shown in Fig. 3. 28 C. Georgopoulou et al. 4. 3 Implementation of Expert Charging ICT in the Brenner
on the Expert Charging ICT over the Brenner corridor. This corridor concerns freight transport from Berlin
5 as Table 4 ICT benchmark scenarios Scenario no Corridor Mode ICT 1 Mare nostrum SCM Tracking units 2 Brenner Road Expert charging 3
IWT Expert tolls 12 Nureyev Maritime E-admin 13 Nureyev Maritime Icebreaker assignment/IBNET 14 Cloverleaf Road Platooning 15 Cloverleaf Road
4. 3. 1 General Description of Expert Charging ICT EC countries are implementing various ICT regarding nationwide road pricing schemes, due to rising levels of traffic congestion and emissions.
our analysis focuses in ICT systems similar to the German highway truck toll system. 4. 3. 2 Expert Charging ICT Status on Corridor There are four countries involved in the corridor:
In Germany, an expert charging system for trucks is implemented already, the so-called LKW-Maut. In January 2004, Austria introduced an electronic toll collection system for trucks over 3. 5 t,
to internalise the external costs of transport. 30 C. Georgopoulou et al. 4. 3. 3 Benchmarking of Expert Charging ICT
Last but not least, an indirect but potentially significant effect of expert charging ICTS can be generated that revenues by them can be used as‘offsets',that is,
Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) to disseminate them in particular in Austria and the countries of the Smart Grids D-A-CHCOOPERATION but also to interested experts in other European countries and worldwide.
In preparation of this workshop we developed, together with national key experts, Smart Grids Country Snapshots, giving an update and overview about the national R&d activities on three slides per country as an input to the workshop.
44 Smart Grids Country Fact Sheets 49 6 Country Snapshots for national experts EEGI/ERA-Net Smart Grids Workshop March 14th, 2011
and research institutions according to national and EU funding guideline Orders to experts to produce studies on specific topics 40 DE:
The Energy Strategy process (Energie Strategie Österreich, www. energiestrategie. at) is a trans-ministerial initiative, where more than 150 experts from industry,
For this document, a group of experts identified 5 broad challenges that provide a framework for visions, bottlenecks and needs for research demonstrators in the field of Smart Grids.
One expert group has been installed to each programme, and one of these is related to Smart Grids.
Fabrizio Sestini European commission DG CONNECT Senior Expert (Advisor) Digital Social Innovation 4 Growing a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe What is it?
and transparency by supporting journalists and other experts to access information and report key stories.
The workshop brought together over 70 DSI practitioners, researchers, experts, and poliy makers from different European countries,
often done in collaboration with external entrepreneurs and internal government policy experts. Engaging citizens and nonprofits to find new ideas These labs focus on opening up government to voices and ideas from outside the system,
Qualitative responses to the idea-interviews or meetings/consultation with key stakeholders, such as domain experts and possible purchasers of the service to establish what social challenges need to be addressed
Sigma Orionis Mayo Fuster Morrell Fellow of the Berkman Centre, Researcher, Institute of Govern and Public Policies (AUB) Gohar Sargsyan Adviser and founding member, OISPG;
Consultant Logica Daniel Kaplan Founder and CEO, The next-Generation Internet Foundation Simona Levi Founder, Forum for the Access to Culture and Knowledge Markkula Markku Committee
We would also like to thank the experts from around Europe who attended our DSI policy workshop in Brussels on February 17th, 2014,
Over the course of this project we have spoken to numerous experts in the Europe and internationally,
/docoffic/official/communic/comm en. htm 8 Smart specialisation has also been advocated strongly by the Synergies Expert
'a Policy Brief of the Knowledge for Growth Expert Group advising the then Commissioner for Research, Janez Potonik. 13 Firstly, a transition from an existing sector to a new one based on cooperative institutions and processes,
preparation, assessment (a review by peer regions and experts) and post-review follow-up. Stage 1:
During this preparatory stage, the representatives of the region under review prepare a review of their region's RIS3 in consultation with the S3 Platform team and experts.
representatives of the European commission and independent academic experts working in the field of smart specialisation. Following the peer review phase,
A key feature brought in by these European union-sponsored exercises was the introduction of external experts in this analytical phase.
when the external consultants and experts were involved truly in the exercise, when foreign experts teamed up with national or regional ones,
or when they acted as coaches for the regional decision-makers (to ensure a strong legacy from their input,
This involves expert work on value chain analysis (undertaken in an international environment and enlightening the spatial division of labour),
These types of analysis are conducted by experts who study the cases in close cooperation with cluster actors:
Mixing regional experts with international experts helps to give more weight to the international competitiveness issue.
and involve interactions between experts (Table 1; see more details on the FOREN website. For RIS3, foresight studies would ideally combine regional expertise with international expertise able to put regional assets in perspective with wider trends. 22 Neffke F. and Svensson Henning M. 2009
mind mapping) X XX X X X X X Expert panels XX X X X X X Delphi survey X X X
and external experts who can contribute to the benchmarking and peer review processes. Defining the scope of the RIS3 is crucial,
with a wide participation of actors and experts from within and outside the region. This needs to be communicated, understood and acknowledged:
and international experts who can offer benchmarking and peer review services, for example. Figure 1 exemplifies a number of organisations belonging to each of the previous categories,
of which is depicted by a different cell in the three-dimensional box of regions. results/outcome indicators classification scheme on the use of results/outcome indicators within a reformed Cohesion Policy adopted by the international panel of experts
and proposed for discussion to a wide regional audience (including national representatives as well as foreign experts at relevant points).
while evaluation should be carried out by independent experts, guided closely by those responsible for the policy.
as well as experts to work directly on regional development priorities. Universities are a critical'asset'of the region
the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006.89 References Policy Recommendations of the High-level Expert Group on KETS (2011). 98 Commission Communication
The importance of saving jobs in the EU's creative industries,'TERA Consultants, March 2010.
'etc. 91 A group of experts from Member States currently working on the'strategic use of EU support programmes,
If any of the persons identified is an independent expert participating in the evaluation of the proposals for the call in question,
and guidance on how to better use professional legal consultants; 2. the professional consultants were prepared better to deal with SME specific challenges 3. cross-border information about IPR issues would be easily available on the internet
and 4. National Intellectual Property Offices (NIPOS) would provide better IPR services to SMES. Scope:
R&d service providers or private consultants to either conduct small innovation projects or to explore the feasibility of larger ones.
to make a high-quality assessment tool and trainings available to business consultants, and to develop the market for innovation management consulting by enhancing quality
EUR 0. 02 million from the 2014 budget and EUR 0. 02 million from the 2015 budget 8 External expertise This action will support the use of appointed independent experts
The experts concerned will be qualified highly with specialist expertise in the field of financial instruments such as bankers, venture capital (VC) and other risk-capital fund managers, business angels,
In order to attract experts of sufficiently high calibre, a special allowance of €450/day will be paid to highly qualified,
million33 201534 Budget EUR million Experts (expert evaluators, experts groups, monitors) 0. 92 of which 0. 10 from 02.040203 and 0. 82 1. 14
The cost to EU society of cerebral disorders was estimated by experts to be around €800 billion in 2010.
external experts are involved not. The decision to support a project and the extent of support has to be taken within 6 8 weeks,
List of experts interviews...76 Appendix II: Internet links for further information on‘good practice'regions...
and literature and through selected interviews with experts within identified good practice regions. The report is structured as follows:
and expert interviews (for a list of interviewed experts see appendix I). 4. 1. Criteria for identifying Good Practice Regions Table 1 presents a matrix developed on the synthesis of literature in chapter 2
List of experts interviews Expert Interview by Place & Date Themes Prof. Dr. Harald Bathelt Susanne Kolb, personal interview Marburg, 7th june 2006 Boston Route 128, cluster Prof.
and Mr Dolf Tuinhout, independent consultant, who are members of the Advisory board in 2007/2008,
The analysis is based on literature, interviews with industry representatives and experts, company case studies and a telephone survey among decision-makers in European enterprises from the TLS industries.
the OECD Working Party on Indicators for the Information Society (WPIIS) established an Expert Group on Defining and Measuring Electronic commerce,
Mr Javier Mendez, Madrid Chamber of commerce Mr Reinhard Pfliegl, Austria Tech Mr Dolf Tuinhout, Independent consultant Three meetings of the Advisory board were held,
2005). 78 Technical Committee 278 (2007) Road Transport and Traffic Telematics, Open Call for Project Team Experts:
The availability of the source code supports a high innovation grade, next to more efficient maintenance of the software which will result in a more effective effort by ICT experts.
Private actors involved in freight transport include shippers, transport operators, logistics service providers, receivers (shop owners), vehicle manufacturers, consultants and various trade associations.
'The organisation reckons that it might have been beneficial to hire an external consultant to analyse the existing process model
Therefore, at least E-business in the transport & logistics industry 148 one member of the project team should be accomplished an expert for this type of business.
The project team consisted of Cammack senior management and consultants of the supplier company which was developing the software.
7 stakeholders and 3 full time project officers from Trafikanten assisted by an external consultant.
Technical Committee 278 (2007) Road Transport and Traffic Telematics, Open Call for Project Team Experts: http://www. cen. eu/cenorm/tc278. pdf Terwiesch, C. and Wu, Y. 2004.
comprising internal executives and external experts from the medical, academic and business communities to provide ongoing advice on the exploitation potential of Healthcare IT.
Consultants and clinicians across the country are frustrated by this lack of technology and its impact on day to day operations,
The claims office were constantly fielding calls from consultants seeking updates on claims relevant to their patients.
share ideas and quickly call upon the advice of experts in different fields. Consequently, SMSA-BH patients who needed to seek consultation with specialists had to wait
comprising internal executives and external experts from the medical, academic and business communities to provide ongoing advice on the exploitation potential of Healthcare IT.
discussions held with industry experts and representatives of SME associations. Further based on a pilot study covering about 10 enterprises each in the three sectors, we did an item analysis for the questions excluding those
The Expert Group provided technical input and feedback on the work at three meetings convened during the course of the project.
An additional expert meeting was organised by the BIAC at OECD Headquarters in 2007 under the OECD Labour Management Programme.
The authors would like to express particular thanks to country experts who aided in the implementation of case studies,
Bill Pattinson (Australia) assisted the Secretariat as an outside expert consultant on background work for the chapter on monitoring
experts in Massachusetts (United states) reported huge administrative cost savings as a result of introducing electronic claim processing through the New england Healthcare Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN),
experts in Massachusetts reported staggering administrative cost savings as a result of introducing electronic claims processing through the New england Healthcare Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN),
and performance experts to develop standardised and nationally-recognised metrics that can be used to monitor impacts on quality and cost of care.
pragmatic progress and promising potential, Powerpoint presentation to OECD Expert Meeting on ICT in the Health Sector, Paris. Riksrevisjonen (Office of the Auditor General of Norway)( 2008), Riksrevisjonens
and experts in quality and safety to help set the agenda and facilitate the process.
and sharing with the stroke unit experts at Son Dureta. Integrated picture archiving and communications system (PACS) for the management of radiological images from community hospitals.
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES OECD 2010 independent expert organisation providing guidance on infrastructure and standards related to the national EHR effort.
A group of OECD experts in health information technology was established to help guide the work, the development of a framework for the selection and analysis of case studies and interpretation of results.
The number of interviews conducted was determined together with experts of the host country and by an assessment of the characteristics of the proposed case studies, including the variables under investigation,
IPF has invited also experts from European innovation support agencies to participate in peer review panels and as hosts for peer reviews.
and to attract reviewers/experts. The open calls were used also to get support schemes submitted.
and knowledge and quality is often based on the quality of individual advisers). However, personal meetings are valued highly by their clients.
leading to efficiency savings and increased consistency but a side effect is the loss of ability of the human expert to innovate
The unique aspect of the IPF is the profile, the membership and the access to leading experts.
In this approach external experts can be included when needed. However, the ones that apply for participating in projects need to be committed to these processes.
The Agenda has drawn on the insights of my Business Advisory Council and other experts. The Agenda sets out four ambitions that Australia must pursue:
including business management advice from experienced private sector experts; help small and medium businesses become more competitive by working with the research sector to develop new ideas with commercial potential,
We do not address experienced R&d experts but staff in SMES (managers, employees and trainees) who have to develop innovative products
Business consultants might wish to use it as an additional tool to support their clients
but for a more accurate and less biased diagnosis, an external specialised consultant is proposed. Example Questionnaire for Technology Audit (at the end of the article:
At this point, the participation of experts for recommendations and solutions was necessary. So the district used the help of Wright
3. a special place with a large board or paper that can be see by all participants. 4. an expert called facilitator,
if experts in different fields of knowledge and levels of qualification participate in the session. 4. 3. 1
The innovative potentials of a group can be used (experts in different fields of knowledge. All participants are active (not necessarily achieved by a brainstorming session.
Therefore, for the composition of a work group, experts from different fields are useful (technicians, doctors, biologists etc.
Clear definition of the problem Available knowledge in different levels/expertise of different fields of knowledge (natural science, technical expertise, medicine) group work with experts from distant fields can be very useful
experts-and abilities to use them"Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES"-4. 4. Analogical Reasoning page 62 of 271 From the point of view of patent protection analogies should be found in fields which are farther away
but we don't pass on our expertise We have an expert for every question but few people know how to locate him/her We document everything thoroughly
Knowledge gaps might arise from missing people (special know-how or experts) or missing technology or a combination of the two.
According to a business consultant helped ENERGEX, "We were surprised initially by the call from ENERGEX-energy retailing is a long way from our usual customers in manufacturing".
According to business consultant the results of the ENERGEX Retail review were positive.""We found high-energy teams passionate about their industry,
With the help of the business consultant we have tailored the Stage Gate product development system to suit our managerial needs.
ENERGEX chose business consultants to help them develop its new process and tackle the shortcomings identified.
Solution The tyre company with the help of external consultants built a solution to monitor
Solution The engine manufacturer with the help of external consultants designed a solution with a multi-tiered software architecture that abstracts the functionality according to the business requirements.
In addition there are many technologies available for recycling purposes as well as expert consultants in several recycling areas.
business partners and professional advisers would normally be regarded as implicitly confidential and would not prejudice a subsequent patent application.
The Scottish company with the help of Marks & Clerk Scotland, IP experts initiated proceedings in South korea for infringement of their South korean design registration and succeeded immediately in stopping further manufacture
So he began to seek information about how to best protect them, by consulting IP experts.
IP questions are dealt with as problems arise by seeking help from IP experts. Planning to diversify his business activities,
Use clear and simple language the person that will read the Business plan may not be an expert on the area of your project,
and proof read the document Reference others by referencing experts in the area of your project,
. i-define living (www. i-define. co. uk) Dawn Winder is a Personal Branding Consultant (first of a new breed?).
Each staff member has the possibility to talk for two hours with an EDP expert about his EDP questions on the basis of a catalogue of questions prepared in advance
and check whether a colleague came across the same or a similar problem in the past. 10.1.5 Resource Bibliography Training and Qualification-Handbook for Consultants, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Institut für Organisations-und Personalmanagement GRAZ,
It is true to say that typically businesses will deal with these challenges by engaging support services such as consultants, lawyers,
If you company does not have an HR department or an HR expert, you will most likely work with an external consultant or advisor."
"Innosupport: Supporting Innovation in SMES"-10.2. Identifying training needs for Innovation in SMES page 218 of 271 So a good TNA ask appropriate questions around:
If necessary, ask for the support of an external expert to help you structure the measures to improve your organisation's performance.
The project is working with four main audiences, across the built environment, focusing on Contractors, Specialist Subcontractors, Consultants,
www. trainingzone. co. uk Trainers'Library is an international online resource pool for trainers, HR managers and consultants,
or will contact directly some expert in the field; nevertheless, the Internet could be used more often as the most comprehensive and operational means of finding information. 12.1.1.1.
and detailed comments provided by an expert in the field. Depending on the type of the required information or specificity of data,
and contracting foreign experts Finding and using international sources for financing Marketing and sales (ads website,
1. Employing people who are professional experts and speak foreign languages e g . because they come from
confirm, or extend the data base with experts from the selected industries like firm representatives, representatives of industry associations and cluster managers.
If any of the persons identified is an independent expert participating in the evaluation of the proposals for the call in question,
and guidance on how to better use professional legal consultants; 2. the professional consultants were prepared better to deal with SME specific challenges 3. cross-border information about IPR issues would be easily available on the internet
and 4. National Intellectual Property Offices (NIPOS) would provide better IPR services to SMES. Scope:
R&d service providers or private consultants to either conduct small innovation projects or to explore the feasibility of larger ones.
to make a high-quality assessment tool and trainings available to business consultants, and to develop the market for innovation management consulting by enhancing quality
EUR 0. 02 million from the 2014 budget and EUR 0. 02 million from the 2015 budget 8 External expertise This action will support the use of appointed independent experts
The experts concerned will be qualified highly with specialist expertise in the field of financial instruments such as bankers, venture capital (VC) and other risk-capital fund managers, business angels,
In order to attract experts of sufficiently high calibre, a special allowance of €450/day will be paid to highly qualified,
2015budget EUR million Experts (expert evaluators, experts groups, monitors) 0. 92 of which 0. 10 from 02.040203 and 0. 82 from 08.020203 1. 14 of which 0
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